Bleach Chapters 467 & 468

So, I’m going for another Double chapter review with SSJ still absent, this time I will put in the proper effort.

Chapter 467: Luck Men
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Last week’s chapter begins exactly where me left off. The monster Yukio spawned around are about to crush the young Xcution member, screaming in fear. His fear turning shock, as the Toshiro destroys the monsters in a blistering fast strike. The ice of his zanpaktou shattering them with ease.

The young man immediatly ridiculing the soul society captain but is silenced quickly once more, ice wrapping around his body leaving only his arm and head unfrozen. Toshiro being the smart man that he is, giving the scared young boy an ultimatum.

Disable all the pocket dimensions, or die. I somehow think Yukio will make his decision in the last second, making sure all the remaining fighters have their privacy and plenty of time to wrap up their fights. Right now only Kenpachi en Renji should be free of their respective enemy. The old geezer being utterly destroyed and jackie sacrificing herself for Renji.

This brings the chapter to the next fight: Moe vs. Ikkaku. These guys are alot alike, Ikkaku being the older and wiser of the two (as wise as these guys are).Ikkaku remains a bit passive trying to figure out the Fullbring ability of Moe, failing at the brain work shortly after. He quickly dives into the attack but ‘Jackpot Knuckle’ Moe luckily breaks his zanpaktou. Moe using the opening to throw a punch aimed at his face. Ikkaku managing to block his attack, but still gets knocked back quite violently. the next conversation between the two. Who is actually the lucky one. Moe gets a little bit talkative revealing a little bit about his ability. Ikkaku acknowledging it, he tossed his shattered Hozukimaru aside going for a good ‘ol fist fight! BOOYEAAH!

Moe quickly discovers how hardcore the SS 11th Squad soldiers are. Ikkaky taking hit after hit from his jackpot knuckle.

Things get hairy as Moe find out his luck is fading, never having used it so rapidly before. Ikkaku spites him pissing Moe off enough to throw out a power puch, his ability seemingly working perfectly for him. Or is it? Even if it did, his ability wasn’t enough as Ikkaku grabs his tiny head, violently smashing his own head against his ending this fight, Ikkaku crowning himself as the luckiest SOB in the Gotei 13.

Beating Moe, proving just that.

Chapter 468: Raid as Blade
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Onto my personal favorite so far. Tsukushima vs. Byakuya.

These guys starting of with a conversation, both awaiting the other. Tsukushima trying to throw Byakuya off by cutting a leaf, and running his blade on the stone floor beneath him. Byakuya not falling for it, immediately launching his shikai as Tsukushima moves. Of Course Tsukushima is fast as well, trying to move behind Byakuya. The scene brakes off, moving back to the aftermath of Moe vs. Ikkaku. I don’t feel the need to summarize the whole thing extensively. But Moe gets taught a lesson in honor by Ikkaku. The only thing throwing me off is that I never really see Kenpachi as someone who would rescue someone, he did save Ichigo back at Hueco Mundo, but I think he still want to fight Ichigo since he beat him, but oh well, Moe gets taught a valuable lesson in honor.

The truly interesting part of this chapter starts at page 14. Byakuya seemingly stepped on a trap set by Tsukushima. A giant block shooting out the ground catching Byakuya by surprise but not giving him too much trouble. Tsukushima appearing behind him, Byakuya throwing his shikai at him but easily deflected his attack. Tsukushima’s power is truly frightening. His ‘book of the end’ works on non-living objects as well, in moments he put Byakuya in a difficult spot, his last attack having struck his blade.

His ability has made it be that he has been here before. So the affected area has become a place he visited a long time ago, as he had set a trap there. the fact that this is a pocket dimension doesnt seem to matter in the slightest. So, having deflected Byakuya’s attack he now has slipped his presence in there as well. The way this work seems a bit different from. It seems he ‘absorbed’ every bit Senbon Zakura.

It raises a few questions for me.
- Does it affect things Tsukishima’s hasn’t seen before?
* He still has his Bankai. Is that still useful?
- Does Tsukushima really cut him at the end.
* I don’t think so, Byakuya still has many techniques he learned from Yoruichi.
- Why is this guy so loyal to Ginjou?
* I mean, with his abilities he could easily kill him I think, this guy’s techniques are something to be feared, I don’t hope he’ll die this soon.
- What trick will byakuya use to get out of this soon you reckon?
* I think it’ll be nice if complains to his enemy when he’s forced to use ‘that woman’s’ techniques. Lovely.

This is it for this week! Seeing there is little word from SSJ I will try to do a proper review as early as I can depending on when the chapter is released, or until he drops a comment.

Bleach chapter 465 & 466

Allright, ssj seems otherwise occupied this week, I’ll fill in with a short summary of the last two chapters.

Chapter 465: Bad Blood Exhaust.
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It almost starts to look like Xcution exist to so the Shinigami can show how awsome they have become. Which is okay in a way, but it makes all the Xcution members feel a bit useless filler material.

It starts with Lucky Nr. 7 vs. ikkaku. the latter seemingly using his brains a little for a change. It isnt long till he gets hit on the shoulder, dislocating it. The little one feels like ikkaku, if he was younger. I kinda lolled at the scene where Ikkaku recovered himself, the awesome shine of his baldness overwhelming the little brat( I couldn’t be arsed to remember his name OK..)

Next fight in the chapter is Dirty Boots vs. Renji.
Renji is being surprisingly noble again. Renji’s power in this fight is impressive, but this fight is almost a carbon copy of Kenpachi. Enemy charges up, shinigami is unfazed. I still very much like his new look regardless. The one thing I dont really understand is why renji actually thinks he can beat Aizen with raw power when he’s technically still under Aizen zanpaktou’s spell, and could this mean Aizen’s incarceration has been cut short by about 19.998 years(give or take).

Chapter 466: Screaming Invader
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Renji remains noble in at the start. Renji is wondering why the ‘world’ has dissipated yet. Apparently Yukio has set up the room in such manner that one will have to die. Yukio also is able to observe every room, as he decides to collapse the room trying to kill both of them. Jacky names it useless trying to escape and in the end, she finds a bit of her noble self by looking at Renji’s determination. She decides to kill herself in order save Renji.

The scene switches to Yukio who is calmly observing the end of the fight. his face showing little compassion for his teammate. Yukio seemed a bit like the calm type, but he can’t keep his mouth shut when talking to Toshiro. The boost in power has given him a new sense of greatness, or ‘god-hood’ as he starts a series of attacks whilst speeching about how awesome and great he is. Toshiro is utterly un-impressed use few words just to piss him off that little bit more launching more attacks, and is pretty much giving Toshiro exactly what he needs to put this boy off balance.

So, Yukio joined with Xcution because of his parents via your basic ‘They-were-never-home’ story. with the slight difference, he Yukio went out to destroy them. His speech left him vulnarble creating an opening for Toshiro, pushing him onto the ice, freezing him into place, destroying his electronic ‘game controller’. Toshiro isnt as noble as Renji, letting Yukio be destroyed by his own creatures.

Oddly enough, I am looking forward to the Byakuya fight the most.

I hope this short review will suffice today. Signing off.

BTW; ginjou’s coloured front page looks awesome!

Bleach Chapter 464 – Quiet Chamber, Noisy Heart

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Hey folks, sorry about the lack of a review last week, as I said, I’ve been very busy in the real world lately. I still plan on doing the weekly review regularly, but to avoid an absence like last week from happening again I propose the following: If I have not posted a review by Friday, anyone who wishes to is free to post a review of their own for that week. If anybody needs help with submitting a post, click here, or just go to the “Submitting Blog Posts” tab on the right. If you have any other problems just ask me or Bob, and we’ll see what we can do for you. Now, onto the good stuff:

463 – Extreme Divider:

So Xcution receives some power-ups from Ichigo’s Fullbring. Sure they look cool, but can they back it up?

It also becomes clear that  Shishigawara was a new ally of Tsukishima’s, and Ginjou never had any respect for him. Ginjou actually even fears the potential of his Fullbring to some degree, and tells Tsukishima to kill him when this is all over. I have a feeling that Shishigawara is going to become an ally of Ichigo’s in the future (along with Riruka), once he learns the truth about Ginjou and Tsukishima. He just isn’t as evil as the rest of them.

I understand why Ginjou didn’t give shishigawara any of Ichigo’s powers, but why not Tsukishima? Is he afraid Tsukishima might be more powerful than him afterwards? And why is Tsukishima okay with this? I’m still unsure of their relationship and Tsukishima’s motives.

Ichigo would have dispatched of all of them easily without their recent power-up, but that in combination with the fact that he tries to
go easy on them in his first strike allows for them to dodge his first attack. I still don’t consider them a serious threat.  They’re filler-villains at best.

With Ichigo’s enhancement, Yukio is now able to project his “Invaders Must Die” Fullbring into the real world. According to Yukio, what each of them received from Ichigo’s fullbring is the ability to wear their Fullbring powers as a mantel. For example, Ichigo’s Fullbring enhanced his external powers. So Yukio is now able to project his Fullbrings abilities around him.

Yukio separates everyone into private “chatrooms.” This breaks everything up into one-on-one fights. The match-ups are:

• Tsukishima vs. Byakuya: The stoics. They are similar characters in appearance and demeanor, but have a very key difference. Though Tsukishima is very strong by Fullbring standards, I don’t think he stands a chance against Byakuya. I’ll get back to this when I cover 464.
• Shishigawara vs. Ikkaku: The two hot heads. Shishigawara’s ability is interesting, but again I don’t think Ikkaku should have much of a problem with the novice, and if he does, it is for nothing more than Tite trying desperately to make this arc interesting.
• Yukio vs. Hitsugaya: The young prodigies. Yukio’s new Fullbring is perhaps the most frightening, allowing him to manifest any object of his choosing, and apply video-game-like rules on anything of his choosing. However, Toshiro is a true genius, and after the intense training I’m sure he’s gone through over the past year, I think he may have reached the rank of monster.
• Riruka vs. Rukia: The little loudmouths. I am uninterested in this battle for two reasons: 1.) I’m not very interested in either of their abilities, and 2.) Riruka’s heart is not in this battle. It was obvious earlier that she doesn’t want to be part of what Xcution has become, and I doubt she would kill Rukia if she could. Though I do want to know what her gun does.
• Ginjou vs. Ichigo – Battle of the Substitutes. This is the only battle I expect to be a challenge. If Tite had any concept of power scaling, Ichigo would break Ginjou in a matter of seconds, seeing as how he should be back to the strength he had when he fought Aizen, but I’m sure for some reason or another Ichigo will be thrown a curve ball and have to work for this victory.
• Giriko vs. Kenpachi: The eye-patchers. As expected, this fight is over before it starts. Due to Ichigo’s enhancement, Giriko is now able to take the power of the Time Gods, and project that power unto himself, bulking his body up. Unfortunately for him, Kenpachi is an absolute animal, and slices him in half before he can say the word “power.” Thank you Kenpachi. Thank you.
• And by process of elimination, I assume the last bout is Jackie vs. Renji. Jackie’s powers already enhanced her physical abilities, similar to how Ichigo’s did, so I’m interested to see what her new “Ichigo-enhancement,” will be. Still, I’m sure Renji has gotten even stronger in the past year, and will outclass her no problem.

Well it was supposed to be a one-on-one, but the Quincy seems to have slipped into Ichigo’s battle against Ginjou. I’m not sure how I feel about his, but I expect the only reason Tite put Ishida in there is to have some third-person commentary on the fight, and have someone other than Ginjou witness the dieselness Ichigo is about to illustrate.

Bleach Chapter 462 – Why me sad.

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Okay kiddos, this one is going to be brief since my computer is still on the fritz, and I have minimal time to make this.

The gist of this chapter is that Ichigo learns that Ginjou was the first, and only other substitute shinigami before him. The badge and the rules were all created because of him. It is very likely that Rukia was prosecuted for giving her powers to Ichigo, and in turn creating another possible substitute shinigami, because of what happened with Ginjou. They were afraid of having another threat like him running around.

I’m curious though, if Ginjou was the first substitute shinigami, why is he using Fullbring? When did he learn about Fullbring? Even now, he is just boosting his previous Fullbring with Ichigo’s. I think Ichigo clearly exemplified that Shinigami powers are stronger than Fullbring, seeing as how just the swing of his sword with his Shinigami powers was stronger than a full Getsuga Tenshou blast from his fully evolved Fullbring. So what happened in Ginjou’s past to make him go AWOL on Soul Society, and start using Fullbring instead of his Shinigami powers?

Also, we see Orihime and Chad struggle against Tsukishima’s influence. Their minds are telling them to be loyal to Tsukishima, but their hearts are pointing toward Ichigo. When Tsukishima sees this, he (sadistically) throws them into madness. Luckily, when they lose consciousness, Urahara and Isshin are there to sweep them away.

It turns out that all of Xcution was in on this from the beginning, and they all wanted a piece of Ichigo’s powers… except Riruka. I know from her look here that she knew the plan all along, but it seems she is the only one showing any regret. Her dialogue when Ginjou offers them Ichigo’s powers leads me to believe she is no longer on board for their plans, and will likely turn on Xcution at some point in this battle.

So all of Xcution gets a little boost to their abilities with Ichigo’s powers. But let me ask this: what is so special about Ichigo’s Fullbring, and Ichigo in general, to make him so sought out by them? I can see why they would prey on other Fullbring users to boost their own powers (the bastards), but they started targeting Ichigo for this intricate plan before he even knew what a Fullbring was. They had no clue if he would succeed in achieving Fullbring, they didn’t know what the extent of his Fullbring powers would be, so why put all this time and effort into this? And what kind of enemies do they have that their previous powers wouldn’t have sufficed?

Also, why was Tsukishima the only one not to get any of Ichigo’s powers? I agree with Bob, he is definitely the wild card in this situation, but still, it seems as though Ginjou holds more authority of the two.

So now it is the Ichigo-enhanced Xcution versus Ichigo and his Shinigami brethren. Honestly, I don’t see how Xcution stands a chance in this battle, unless Ichigo takes them all on on his own. But, we will see, Tite always has a way of making it interesting…